These women with central Pa. ties contributed to suffrage, temperance, abolitionist movements | Column
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.
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How an 18th-Century Female Physicist Broke Boundaries and Inspired the Generations Who Followed
Paula Findlen was strolling under the Renaissance arcades of Via Zamboni in Bologna, Italy. A graduate student in history of ...
Meet Williamina Fleming, a 19th-century Scottish maid who became an astronomer
Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical ...
Vintage photos show how the US government's involvement in education has changed
President Trump signed an executive order effectively dismantling the Department of Education on Thursday. The idea isn't a ...
Michelle Zauner On Her Darkly Romantic New Album—and Her Next Book
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Alexandria Celebrates Women: Martha Washington, the ‘mother of the First Ladies’
Enslaved women in the 18th and early 19th century were often forced to labor in the fields or in an urban setting like ...